Pimp my Combi
National Gallery of Zimbabwe
4 Aug - 4 Sept 2011
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| Exhibition entrance |
Courtauld Gallery
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| Abstract of poem by Ignatius Mabasa played in the combi installed in the Courtauld Gallery | |
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| Exhibition view from the Courtauld Gallery. The combi is fitted with sound system playing Mabasa's poem |
Below: stickers inside the combi with comments revealing commonplace derogatory views on women.
Here the combi reproduces the social space and acts as a place reflecting power relations defined by gender.
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| The Playboy rabbit already present on the minibus reinforces the commodification of women evoked above |
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| Left: Photograph by Angela Jimu. Right: Panoramic taxi rank by Bethule Nkiwane | |
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Below: Believe Nyakudjara, from the series Living in Limbo (2010)
Below: Nyadzombe Nyampenza
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| Courtauld Gallery viewed from the upper level of the National Gallery |
South Gallery
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| Herald poster relating recent combi accident juxtaposed to Zinyange Ruzvidzo's photograph of dismantled vehicle. |
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| Left: Resta Nyamwanga's documented bus accident |
Below: Taxi series by Berry Bickle
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Left: Berry Bickle. Right: video by Breeze Yoko
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Below: Stills from Breeze Yoko's video A Short Ride on the Rat Race (2010)
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| Mbali Khoza, Untitled, triptych, 2011 |
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| View from the South Gallery |
East Gallery
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| View revealing the NGZ architectural features and East Gallery in the background |
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| Work by Nancy Mteki |
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| Nancy Mteki, Sequence 1 |
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| Nancy Mteki, Sequence 2 |
Below: Christopher Hunt, from the series A Pimp and his Combi (2011)
Below: WAWAD (Wire-car Auto Workers Association of Detroit) presented by Chido Johnson.
WAWAD is a collaborative project involving 13 artists
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